Promoted to Universal-Level!

Three hundred meters beneath the Avengers Compound.

Chu Hang hovered three feet above the floor at the heart of a sealed chamber forged from Vibranium and Uru metal.

The light of thirteen laws flowed and intertwined around him, like a cathedral's stained-glass window on the verge of shattering under the sacred radiance within.

Gold for space, purple for power, green for time, red for reality... Each light represented a cornerstone of the universe. Yet one strand of gold-and-red flame was more unruly than all the rest. The remnant Phoenix Force from another universe battered against the cage formed by the other twelve laws like an imprisoned stellar beast.

The balance was on the brink of collapse.

Cold sweat beaded on Chu Hang's brow as his consciousness sank into the raging sea of laws within him.

He could feel the Phoenix Force roar in fury with every heartbeat. Simply holding it back consumed nearly all his concentration.

Three days ago, he had nearly lost control. The power had almost ignited Earth's core and reduced the entire planet to cosmic dust.

He needed a vessel, a furnace capable of containing the Genesis Fire.

And his other half was searching for the answer on the far side of the universe.

Just then, Chu Hang's eyelids twitched. In the deepest layer of the dimensional fabric, a presence that shared his origin was returning faster than light, faster than cause and effect.

His duplicate was back. Bearing an ocean of energy vast enough to give birth to an entirely new universe, he was forcing his way through the barriers between universes.

Chu Hang opened his eyes. At last, a hint of a smile lit the bloodshot eyes of a man who had pushed himself to the limit holding that power in check.

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